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If you like music and have time on your hands, check out www.ujam.com It’s a web app which lets you sing or whistle a tune, then add accompaniment to it.  This is similar in concept to Microsoft’s old Songsmith product, except it produces much better results.  If you look on YouTube, you’ll find all sorts [...]

For the last few years, I have been doing my annual pilgrimage to the gadgets gallery looking for a gadget that will take a URL of a webcam generated image, and will display it on my desktop, refreshing it on some schedule.  You wouldn’t think this would be a difficult thing, would you?  Every single [...]

Well ok, not everybody in sunny Southern CA needs to think about snow.  I happen to live in the mountains, and so it is a factor for me.  I thought I’d share my recent thoughts & discoveries in this area as ski season approaches.  Every year, we get “flatlanders” who drive up the hill woefully [...]

I wrote a bit on the Lytro “light field” camera back in July.  The first version of their nifty new camera technology is now available for purchase!  Here is a neat article from ArsTechnica which describes a bit about how this technology works.   At the moment, you’ll need a Macintosh computer to work with [...]

What is this incredible material being used, for all things, to package potato chip-like crunchy snacks called “Pop Chips”? This is a flexible, but incredibly sturdy material.  If you try to open a bag with your bare hands, you’ll likely as not be met with frustration, and if you do succeed, a bag full of [...]

Remember a while back I was complaining about the brain-dead power button placement on HP Desktops?  (they put it on top) Well, they fixed it!!  The power button is now in a good location!  Here's what the new line of desktop machines looks like:

The new $10 bill

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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t like the new $10 bill.  It’s orange-ish, and somewhat pink-ish, but not in an “intentional” looking way. No, this to me looks like a bill that went through the wash with some red shirts.  It’s not a good design – it’s an accident.  Ring up no sale on [...]

I have been using a freeware product called “password safe”, and it was OK, but using it at work and at home meant I had to keep two databases up to date, which was a pain. However, thanks to a tip from my friend Jeff, I just switched all my stuff (home and work) to [...]

I’m playing with an evaluation unit of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet from T-Mobile, so I thought I’d post my observations & any useful info I dig up.  Pricing on this gadget varies widely.  T-Mobile has it for about $250.  If you want to pay more, you can get it from AT&T for $520.  Does that [...]

Here’s a cool phone accessory I ran across:  Powermat USA There are two classes of devices that can be used with this charger.  Supported devices (iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, etc) are provided with a replacement back cover which contains the wireless interface.  All other devices have to use a small square interface with a mini-usb connector [...]

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